Tag: WinRAR
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Mandiant Warns: A Tool for Hackers Exploiting the WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 Threat
Introduction: A Persistent WinRAR Weakness Security researchers at Mandiant have warned that a critical path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR, tracked as CVE-2025-8088, remains a serious hotspot for attackers. Despite a fix being released more than half a year ago, state-sponsored hackers and financially motivated adversaries continue to exploit the flaw via malicious archives and plausible…
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Warning to Defenders: CVE-2025-8088 WinRAR Flaw Used by State-Sponsored and Financially Motivated Hackers
Overview: A Persistent WinRAR Vulnerability Still Ranked High for Threat Actors Security researchers, including Mandiant, warn that a critical path-traversal vulnerability in WinRAR, CVE-2025-8088, continues to be weaponized by both state-sponsored hackers and financially motivated actors. Even though a fix was issued well over half a year ago, threat groups reportedly rely on this flaw…
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WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 Warning: Patch Now to Stop Attacks
Overview: Why CVE-2025-8088 Matters A critical Windows vulnerability known as CVE-2025-8088 in WinRAR remains a prime target for cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors. Described as a path traversal flaw, this bug lets an attacker slip into a victim’s system by crafting a malicious archive. Once exploited, it can lead to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, or…